AMARILLO, TX -- You hear it all the time, especially around here -- how trees are one of our most precious resources.
But hundreds of trees in Thompson park are now being cut down -- why?
Most of the trees in that park were planted eighty to ninety years ago....and they're Siberian elms, which usually only live to be around a hundred years old.
But last year's drought hastened their demise and killed a large percentage of them.
So now, all the dead ones are being culled according to the city's parks & recreation director, Larry Offerdahl..
"And they're Siberian Elms and so we're going to replant the new trees with a variety of drought resistance varieties, that's going to help us withstand future drought."
On April 21, ProNews 7, along with Xcel Energy and Amarillo National Bank, are partnering up with the city and its green day celebration.
We'll all plant hundreds of new trees in that park.
